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União das freguesias de Santa Comba Dão e Couto do Mosteiro

Parish of the municipality of Santa Comba Dão (Santa Comba Dão), district of Viseu.

União das freguesias de Santa Comba Dão e Couto do Mosteiro had 4.407 residents in the 2021 Census, 28,8% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 17,2% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 2,5 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Santa Comba Dão.

Population (inh.)
  • 830 – 1.014
  • 1.189
  • 1.480
  • 1.721
  • 4.407
Density (inh./km²)
  • 60,6 – 65,9
  • 69,8
  • 80,0
  • 104,3
  • 164,8
Area (km²)
  • 9,7 – 11,9
  • 19,6
  • 21,5
  • 22,5
  • 26,7
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 6 parishes of Santa Comba Dão

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Pinheiro de Ázere83011,8969,8
2São Joaninho1.0149,72104,3
3São João de Areias1.72121,5180,0
4União das freguesias de Ovoa e Vimieiro1.48022,4765,9
5União das freguesias de Santa Comba Dão e Couto do Mosteiro4.40726,74164,8
6União das freguesias de Treixedo e Nagozela1.18919,6260,6
Code (DTMNFR)
181411
Resident population (2021)
4.407
Area
26,74 km²
Density
164,8 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
41,4%
Rank in the municipality (population)
1st of 6

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Santa Comba Dão e Couto do Mosteiro”.

INE, Censos 2021 (população residente por freguesia, geografia 2025, ind. 0014584); DGT, CAOP2025 (área). Population refers to the 2021 census moment, compiled by INE for the parish boundaries in force in 2025.

2021 Census in detail

Men
2.067 (46,9%)
Women
2.340 (53,1%)
Portuguese nationality
4.247 (96,4%)
Foreign nationality
160 (3,6%)
Ageing index
225,2 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.804
Average household size *
2,39 people
Dwellings
2.644
Classic family dwellings
2.641
Buildings
2.009
Buildings with 7 or more floors
6
With higher education (15+)
17,2% (662)
Unemployment rate *
5,49% (H 5,03% · M 5,95%)
Active / employed population
1.967 / 1.859

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 563 (12,8%); 15-24 years: 417 (9,5%); 25-64 years: 2.159 (49,0%); 65+ years: 1.268 (28,8%)0-14563 · 12,8%15-24417 · 9,5%25-642.159 · 49,0%65+1.268 · 28,8%
Residents by age group and share of the total (4.407).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years563278285
15-24 years417197220
25-64 years2.1591.0311.128
65+ years1.268561707

Source: INE, Censos 2021 — indicators 0014630, 0014631, 0014627, 0014623, 0014621, 0014635, 0014636, 0012481, 0012328, 0014632, obtained from the INE indicators API on 24/09/2026 (licence CC BY 4.0). Parish geography of 2025 (CAOP2025). Nationality (Portuguese, foreign, stateless) is INE indicator 0014632. * Indicator published by INE only for 2013 parish geography (NUTS 2024); used because the parish has the same territory in both geographies (identical population by sex and age group). Ageing index = population aged 65+ ÷ population aged 0–14 × 100; share with higher education = residents with completed higher education ÷ residents aged 15 or over (our calculations from INE figures).

Neighbouring parishes

Sobral (Mortágua) · União das freguesias de Ovoa e Vimieiro · União das freguesias de Mortágua, Vale de Remígio, Cortegaça e Almaça (Mortágua) · São Joaninho · União das freguesias de Treixedo e Nagozela · São João de Areias

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Santa Comba Dão
2,5 km

Neighbourhood calculated from official boundaries: DGT, Carta Administrativa Oficial de Portugal (CAOP) 2025 (licence CC BY 4.0); two parishes are neighbours when they share a boundary segment. The distance is the straight-line (great-circle) distance between the geometric centroid of the parish and that of the municipality (in territories with islets, of the main part), not a road distance.

2025 local elections — Parish assembly

Registered voters
3.930
Voters
2.486
Turnout
63,26% (2021: 56,04%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.IL
PPD/PSD.IL Vamos Trabalhar		1.15346,38%5
PS
Partido Socialista		69227,84%3
SCD+
Santa Comba Mais		44717,98%1
CH
CHEGA		1255,03%0
Blank votes441,77%
Null votes251,01%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PPD/PSD.IL.

Source: SGMAI — official results of the local elections of 12 October 2025 (Secretary-General of the Ministry of Internal Administration), consulted on 25/09/2026. Percentages calculated by SGMAI over total voters.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Largo Dr. Salazar, N.º 2
Santa Comba Dão
3440-340 SANTA COMBA DÃO
Telephone
232880530
Email
jfscdao@gmail.com

Source: DGAL - Portal Autárquico (Direção-Geral das Autarquias Locais), consulted on 25/09/2026.

More information

Coordinates
40,40900, -8,13720
Wikipedia
Santa Comba Dão e Couto do Mosteiro
Wikidata
Q25439471

Source: Wikidata (data under CC0 1.0), consulted on 24/09/2026. The patron saint and coordinates are those recorded on Wikidata.

Sources: INE, 2021 Census (resident population) · DGT, CAOP2025 (area and parishes) · more details · Data updated on 24/09/2026